Just what makes opposite attract?

twin2
twin2 Posts: 894
edited September 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
He was reckless and I was safe.
I played by the rules, but he was ahead of the game.
I was quiet and shy, not bothering anybody.
He was telling jokes and the life of the party.
I never saw it coming and there's been no looking back,
Just what makes opposites attract?

I chose a mellow lifestyle while he liked to live on the edge.
I kept my innocence while he had many partners in his bed.
I studied books and furthered my education.
He lived his life like he was always on vacation.
He never saw it coming and there's been no looking back,
Just what makes opposites attract?

I guess we balance out each other.
I know for me, there could be no other.
I know with time it has proven to me,
how unpredictable life can be.
Because we never saw it coming and there's been no looking back,
Just what makes opposites attract?
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I like this! I might write an "opposites attract" poem too, if that's okay! :)
  • twin2
    twin2 Posts: 894
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I like this! I might write an "opposites attract" poem too, if that's okay! :)


    Feel free! I'm glad you liked it. You are one of the tougher critics on the board in my opinion.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    I like this, too! It's very clear, and flows really nicely.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • twin2
    twin2 Posts: 894
    Bibliobella wrote:
    I like this, too! It's very clear, and flows really nicely.

    Thank you.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Lady Jemima had lots of spare time, ah,
    to roam when Lord Donald would head off
    for golf with the Viceroy or time with his "nice boy":
    She went for a bit of the rough stuff.
    Oh Cheggers the poacher, she made him her smoocher
    and clung to the mud on his britches
    While squealing "How pleasant to sleep with a peasant!
    He drives me wild, dropping his aitches!"
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Lady Jemima had lots of spare time, ah,
    to roam when Lord Donald would head off
    for golf with the Viceroy or time with his "nice boy":
    She went for a bit of the rough stuff.
    Oh Cheggers the poacher, she made him her smoocher
    and clung to the mud on his britches
    While squealing "How pleasant to sleep with a peasant!
    He drives me wild, dropping his aitches!"
    Ok, so who did what?!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    :) That was really sweet, twin2. I really liked the repetition of the slightly changed 2nd last line and the last line in each stanza, that worked really well!
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Bibliobella wrote:
    Ok, so who did what?!

    The "nice boy" and the poacher got married in a special service in San Francisco and lived happily ever after. Lord Donald and Lady Jemima continued to glare at each other over the soggy breakfast toast, for eternity. ;)
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    The "nice boy" and the poacher got married in a special service in San Francisco and lived happily ever after. Lord Donald and Lady Jemima continued to glare at each other over the soggy breakfast toast, for eternity. ;)
    Soggy breakfast toast for eternity NOOOOOOOO not that!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • violet ray
    violet ray Posts: 502
    nice twin2!

    i always wondered if we see in our opposites traits that we'd secretly like to have...
    You ask me to enter
    But then You make me crawl
    And I can't be holding on
    To what You got
    When all You've got is hurt
    ----
    Underneath this smile lies everything
    All my hopes and anger, pride and shame
  • twin2
    twin2 Posts: 894
    violet ray wrote:
    nice twin2!

    i always wondered if we see in our opposites traits that we'd secretly like to have...

    I know for me personally....yes (about some of them)!

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